Last year with the Falcons we had the legendary pickle juice water bottle prank that rocked the whole team at training camp. This year I want to up the stakes a little bit and do something that'll put old Burlok on the chuckle map! So on the last day of preseason, I bribed our equipment manager to let me take everyone's socks. I spent all day yesterday soaking the whole lot in a bath tub full of pickle juice. I hung them up to dry last night, and now I'm folding them up nicely to give back to our equipment manager. If all goes well, everyone will be skating with a salty sour smell that they can't shake off! I did my own socks too, of course. I love the smell and I don't want anyone to sniff me out. I also told the manager not to run socks through the wash for a week, so the mysterious pickle scent should be inescapable for our first few games!